Spread the [Love] Money pt 2
A year ago I took some of the profits earned by selling my recycled clothing crafts and made a Kiva microcredit loan. I figured I should put my money where my mouth is and support someone doing ace crafty stuff and trying to make a money out of it, in another part of the world. Obviously it’s a bit hard for me to cruise down to a market in Mexico, so instead, I made a microcredit loan to a woman called Maria.
Maria is an amazing embroiderer and needed some start up capital to buy some supplies so she could make some of her amazing clothes to sell to tourists. This photo shows Maria and some of her amazing work.
So 12 months down the track, Maria has paid back her loan and I’m reinvesting the money.
This time I decided to go a bit closer to home and find someone I could support in the Pacific Islands. I found a woman called Janet who is from Samoa. Janet is a printmaker and uses the traditional elei style printing. Janet wants to turn what has been a hobby into a business. And she had such a cool tshirt, I had to pick her!
So hopefully my loan will help her. At the time of posting, Janet needs another US$250 for her loan. So please consider supporting her.
This is called Mutual Aid. Not Colonial Aid. Not Corrupt Government Aid. Not Missionary Aid. Not Celebrity Ego Enhancing Aid. Rather, Actual Aid.
So 12 months ago I said I’d find another Maria. This time I’ll say that in 12 months time, I’ll find another Janet.